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Family, Food and dining, Shopping

Christmas Eve Panic and Worries

Here it is, Christmas Eve. I have some things to do and thankfully do not have to work today. So I can run all the errands and get everything done to be ready for the big event tomorrow morning – the tearing of the wrapping papers.

I have two people that still needs gifts – they are the hardest fucking people to buy anything for. Mostly because they have so much crap already and they make good money, so anything that they do want they go out and buy for themselves. So what do you buy for someone who already has everything they want and need? I figure I’ll give them something edible or perishable. So I’m going to hit up the local florist shop first, and see what they’ve got. If they strike out on me, then I will go to the grocery store and buy a bunch of gourmet foods and make a custom gift basket for them.

I’m pretty sure I have all the groceries I need for the next week. I’m not cooking Christmas dinner, so I don’t have to worry about a turkey or a ham and all that. But I still need to eat breakfast and can’t count on bringing home any leftovers, so I’m buying some things like pie and sandwich bread, lettuce and deli meats, just in case.

So, I’m outta here and hope you all have a really nice Christmas.

Local, Outdoors, Recreation, Shopping, Sports

Grand Opening of a New Sports Gear Store

There is a huge new sports gear store opening up in Mt. Juliet this weekend. I noticed it when they first broke ground on the property back in the Spring. It was so big that I thought they were building one of those huge multiplex movie theaters. I was surprised when it turned out to not be a movie theater but a sports store.

The flyer that I got in the mail says that the grand opening is going to be a big deal, with lots of giveaway items to the first couple hundred shoppers in the new store, door prizes given away while you are shopping, and special money saving coupons on select brands and items, like insulated high top hunting boots for only $15, and fingerless gloves for only $4 all weekend.

you can bet your ass that I’ll be there this Saturday and looking for some bargains. And with the store being in mt. Juliet, that’s only a ten minute drive from my house – so I’ll probably be a regular shopper there now that they will be open.

Life, Opinion, Shopping

Dirty Books for Women

This Fifty Shades of Grey book is really making the news. I finally had to take a look at it while in the store today. I flipped through a few pages. I have to tell you, I was not impressed. The writing was pretty lame and the story just isn’t interesting. I didn’t buy it.

What the fuck do the women like in this book? Are they really liking the book because it talks about kinky sex? Of are they just a bunch of sheep buying the book because it is being well marketed and the talking heads are being paid to rave about it, thus driving up the sales. Has anyone heard a woman actually admit that it is a good book? I have not.

Automobiles, Food and dining, Friends, Shopping

Flowers for My Lady

Most of the time when I stop for gas, I just pay at the pump with a credit card or my debit card and I don’t go in the store. But today I was jonesing for a candy bar and I decided to jump inside and grab a Snickers. While standing in line to pay a buck twenty five (really!!??!!) for this candy bar, I saw a little stand with fresh flowers in it by the cash register. The flowers were an assortment of different kinds and colors, and they had some single red roses, too. I decided on impulse to spend $7 on the assorted flowers and I’m going to surprise my girl with them tonight when I get off work. Going to be a nice evening tonight.

Food and dining, Shopping

Christmas Candies

When you think of Christmas candies, what is the first kind of candy that comes to mind? I know that candy canes are a big tradition at Christmas, but I don’t really like that much peppermint to buy a whole box of candy canes.

When I think of Christmas candies, my first though is the big yellow box of Whitman’s chocolates. Its called the Whitman’s Sampler. There is just one of every different kind of chocolate candy in the box. You have to look at the little guide printed on the top of the box to know what is in each candy, or you can live on the wild side and just pick one at random.